Electric light in artificial lure or bait



April 16, 1940. E. H. BAILEY ELECTRIC LIGHT IN ARTIFICIAL LURE 0R BAIT Filed Sept. 26, 1938 W W W 0 w M fl 6 w M W a 3 Ma, a

a w WA 0 2 2 r 3 2 w 2 J W Z Patented Apr. 16 1940 t UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- Eugene H. Bailey, Artesia, Miss.

Application September 26, 1938, Serial No. 231,739

4 Claims. (01. 43-44) This invention relates to fishing lures and artior shell H is preferably formed of n m ,1- ficial fish baits. though any other suitable material may be em- The principal object of this invention is to proployed. vide a lure or bait having a transparent head in Disposed within. the unthreaded end of th 5 Which is housed all ght bulb that shell ii is a metallic cup it having a cylindrical ceives current from a battery carried within the wall H in friction tight engagement with the body of the lure or bait, and so constructed that inside of the shell ii, and a bottom wall l8 proconnect on be w e t battery and bulb may vided with a central opening i9 through which be made or broken by adjustably manipulating an is adapted to be threaded an electric light bulb 10 end cap provided on the end of the body of the 20. Seated within the cup I6 is a centrally per- 10 e 0 bait Opp the transparent e d, whereforated washer 21 of cork or any other suitable by the illuminating of the transparent head will material the face of which is covered by a layer attract fish. V of metal foil 22 to provide a reflecting surface,

A further object is to construct the lure or bait the washer 2| encircling the bulb 20 and serving and arrange the electric light bulb and battery to hold the same steady as well as to absorb any 5 therein so as to obviate the use of electric wire shocks or jolts that may be transmitted to the connections. bulb when the lure or bait is in use. The inside The invention will'be best understood from a wall surface of the cup i6 is interiorly threaded consideration of the following detailed descripas at 23 and the dimensions of the cup I6 being tion taken in connection with the accompanying such that the same is assembled with the shell drawing forming part of this specification, with II by means of-a press-fit whereby the bottom the understanding, however, that the invention wall It of the cup iii actually forms an abutment is not confined to any strict conformity with the or partition. showing of the drawing that may be changed or The forward end of the lure'or bait Iii com- 25 modified so long as such changes or modifications prises a hollow transparent head I2 which is of 25 mark no material departure from the salient feabullet-shape tapering to a relatively long point tures of the invention as expressed in the ap- 25, said head being made of celluloid, glass or pended claims. i any other suitable transparent material. Rigidly Other objects of this invention will in part be secured within the point 25 in any desired manobvious and in part hereinafter pointed out. ner and by a water-tight connection therewith is The invention accordingly consists in the feaan eye bolt 26 having an extended shank 21 on tures of construction, combinations of elements, which is mounted a spinner 28, said eye-bolt carand arrangement of parts which will be exempliry-ing also the hooks 29. The base of the transfied in the construction hereinafter described, parent head i2 is formed to provide a threaded 5 and of which the scope of application will be inportion 30 of reduced diameter defining a dicated in the following claims: shoulder 3|, said threaded portion being adapted In the accompanying drawing, in which is to be threaded within the cup it into abutting shown one of the various possible illustrative emengagement with the washer 2|, and with the bodiments of this invention: shoulder 31 tightly contacting the end ll of the Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of the shell II, to thus provide a water tight connection 40 lure or bait embodying the present invention, and between the shell II and head l2. If desired Figure 2 is a view in side elevation of the lure the transparent head I 2 may be further provided or bait. with an eye 32 to carry additional hooks 33.

Referringnow more particularly to the draw- The threaded end [5 of the shell I I is adapted mg wherein like numerals of reference indicate to receive in friction tight engagement a mating 45 corresponding parts throughout the several views, threaded portion 35 of an end cap 36 formed of the numeral i0 indicates generally the lure or bait like metallic material as the shell I I, said end cap embodying the present invention which com- 36 being formed also of bullet shap but tapering prises a cylindrical body H, a transparent head to provide a relatively blunt point 31 in which is 5 i2 and an end cap l3. The cylindrical body ll secured by a water-tight connection an eye bolt 5 consists of tubular metallic shell of any desired 38 having an extended shank 39 on which is thickness one end ll of, which is ground straight mounted a spinner 40; The outermost end 4| of so as to lie in a plane normal to the axis of the the threaded portion 35 is tapered so as to probody' H, the other end being formed to provide vide an abutment for the base of a battery cell 42 u a threaded end portion IS. The cylindrical body which is to be placed within the shell ll.

hold the battery in spaced relation to the bulb contact 44 when the end cap 38 is turned outwardly of the shell ll so as to allow a spaced relation between the terminal 43 and contact 44. with the parts in such normal position the transparent head I! is not illuminated, and the lure or bait may be used in the conventional manner as an ordinary lure or bait.

With the cap 36 turned inwardly into the shell II to its innermost position so as to bring the battery terminal 43 into contact with the contact 44 of the bulb 2|, as clearly shown in Figure 1,- the bulb 20 will be lit to illuminate the transparent head [2, thus rendering the lure or bait operative as an illuminated lure or bait, it being well established and-a well known fact among anglers that fish, especially game fish, have a peculiar afilnityfor light, and scintillating obiects, in this case created by the reflection of the light on the spinners, which are known to- -lure where ordinary bait fails to attract. It

will 'be apparent that the cap 36 serves as a switch to control the lighting of the bulb 20.

From the above it will be seenthat a fish lure or bait is provided, which is illuminated, and one wherein the light is projected through a transparent head and towards hooks carried thereby. It will also be seen that the device is simple in construction and the r reduced to.

a minimum.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

' '1. An illuminated fish lure or bait comprising a shell, an elongated transparent hollow head removably attached to one end thereof, a shock absorbing washer clamped between said shell and transparent head, an electric light bulb carried by said shock absorbing washerv and projecting partly into said transparent head, a battery within said shell, spring means normally holding said battery separated from said bulb, an elongated tapered end cap threadedly mounted within the other end of said shell adapted toengage the base of said battery, said cap upon a predetermined inward movement relative-to said shell being adapted to move said battery into operative contact with said bulb to energize the same whereby to illuminate said transparent head, hook and spinner means attached to said transparent head, and a line attaching means connected to the tapered end 'of said end cap. 7

2. An illuminated fish lure or bait comprising a cylindrical shell, a cap inserted into one end of said shell in fixed relation thereto, said cap having a bottom wall defining a partition, a transparent head threadedly attached to said cap, an electric light bulb carried by said partition, a non-metallic shock absorbing washer surrounding the base of said bulb and clamped between said partition and end of said transparent head, a flat reflecting surface provided on the face of said washer adjacent said bulb, an

end cap threadedly mounted within the other end of said shell, a battery within said shell having a terminal in axial opposed relation to the contact end of said bulb, spring means the same whereby to illuminate said transparent head.

a. The illuminated fish lure or bait as set forth in claim 2, wherein said transparent head is hollow and tapered to a relatively sharp point,

an eye-bolt fixed to said point carrying a hook and a. spinner whereby to be illuminated by light rays emanating from said electric light bulb.

4. The illuminated fish lure or baitas set forth in claim 2, wherein said reflecting surface on said shock absorbing washer is provided, by a metal foil covering.

EUGENE H. BAIIEY. 

